Mansyong Pamintuan

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

Location: Pamintuan Mansion, Santo Entierro Street cor. Miranda Street, Angeles City, Pampanga

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House, NHCP Museum

Link to the museum: Museo ng Kasaysayang Panlipunan ng Pilipinas

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 17 August 2017

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

MANSYONG PAMINTUAN

IPINATAYO NI MARIANO PAMINTUAN NOONG MGA TAONG 1890. NAGING PUNONG HIMPILAN NG TANGGULAN NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS LABAN SA PUWERSANG AMERIKANO, MAYO 1899. NAGSILBING PANSAMANTALANG TANGGAPAN NI PANGULONG EMILIO AGUINALDO HABANG INIHAHANDA ANG TARLAC BILANG KABISERA NG REPUBLIKA, HUNYO 1899. SA TAPAT NITO IDINAOS ANG PARADANG MILITAR NOONG BISPERAS NG UNANG ANIBERSAYO NG PROKLAMASYON NG KALAYAAN NG PILIPINAS, 1899. NAGING HIMPILAN NI HENERAL ARTHUR MACARTHUR, AGOSTO 1899. TAHANAN NG MGA PILIPINONG KAMIKAZE NG HUKBONG PANGHIMPAPAWID NG HAPON, 1944–1945. PINAUPAHAN BILANG ANGELES HOTEL, 1948. BINILI NI PEDRO TABLANTE MULA SA PAMILYANG PAMINTUAN, 1959. NAGING EKSTENSIYON NG BAHAY-PAMAHALAAN NG ANGELES, 1964. BINILI NG BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS ANG LOTE HABANG IPINAGKALOOB NG PAMILYANG TABLANTE ANG BAHAY UPANG AYUSIN NG PAMAHALAAN, 1981. ISINALIN SA PAMBANSANG KOMISYONG PANGKASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS, 17 HUNYO 2010. PINASINAYAAN ANG MUSEO NG KASAYSAYANG PANLIPUNAN NG PILIPINAS, 24 AGOSTO 2015.

Birthplace of Juan Luna y Novicio

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

Location: Badoc, Ilocos Norte

Category: Buildings/Structures and Personages

Type: House, Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1957

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF JUAN LUNA Y NOVICIO

PATRIOT AND FOREMOST FILIPINO PAINTER. BORN IN BADOC, ILOCOS NORTE, 24 OCTOBER 1857; SON OF JOAQUIN LUNA DE SAN PEDRO AND LAUREANA NOVICIO. STUDIED IN THE ATENEO MUNICIPAL, ESCUELA DE BELLAS ARTES AND ESCUELA NAUTICA IN MANILA; BECAME A LICENSED PILOT AT 17. PUPIL OF LORENZO GUERRERO, NOTED FILIPINO PAINTER. WENT TO SPAIN, 1877, STUDIED IN THE ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO, MADRID. PAINTED IN ROME HIS FIRST FAMOUS WORK, “THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA”. WON GOLD MEDAL FOR HIS SPOLIARIUM AT THE INTERNATIONAL PAINTING EXPOSITION, 1884, IN MADRID. WON OTHER MEDALS AND HONORS IN EUROPE. AMONG HIS OTHER NOTABLE PAINTINGS WERE “THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO”, “THE BLOOD COMPACT”, “PEOPLE AND KINGS”. CO-WORKER OF RIZAL, LOPEZ–JAENA, DEL PILAR AND OTHER FILIPINO REFORMERS IN EUROPE; WAS IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC. DIED IN HONGKONG, 7 DECEMBER 1899.

Muscovado Sugar Mills

Location: La Carlota City, Negros Occidental

Category: Buldings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 5 September 2003

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MUSCOVADO SUGAR MILLS

ITINATAG NOONG 1910 NG MGA PAMILYANG LEDESMA AT LOCSIN NG LA CARLOTA, ANG GANITONG URI NG KABYAWANG MUSCOVADO ANG NANGUNA SA KASALUKUYANG MGA MAKABAGONG UMIIRAL NA DI-NABABAGONG KABYAWANG MUSCOVADO SA PULO NG NEGROS AT SA KABISAYAAN.

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo

Location: 952 Quezon Boulevard Extension, Quezon City

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 9 November 1985

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

TEODORO ANDAL AGONCILLO

PINAGPIPITAGANG MANANALAYSAY, MAKATA, KWENTISTA, PATNUGOT AT PROPESOR. ISINILANG SA LEMERY, BATANGAS, NOBYEMBRE 9, 1912. NAGKAMIT NG BATSILYER SA PILOSOPIYA, 1934, AT NAGDALUBHASA SA SINING, 1939, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES. PINAGKALOOBAN NG DOCTOR OF LETTERS, HONORIS CAUSA, CENTRAL OHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY, 1969. KATULONG NA TEKNIKO, INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL LANGUAGE, 1937-1941; TAGAPANGULO, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, 1963-69; RAFAEL PALMA PROFESSOR OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY, 1973-76 AT UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, 1976-1977, U.P.;AKADEMISTA, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1980; AT KAGAWAD, NATIONAL HISTORICAL COMMISSION (NGAYO'Y INSTITUTE); 1967-1985. NAMUMUKOD NA MGA AKLAT: HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE; REVOLT OF THE MASSES: THE STORY OF BONIFACIO AND THE KATIPUNAN; MALOLOS: THE CRISIS OF THE REPUBLIC; AT THE FATEFUL YEARS, JAPAN'S ADVENTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES. MGA TANYAG NA PANITIKANG PILIPINO: BAHAGHARI'T BULAKLAK AS SA DALAMPASIGAN. TUMANGGAP NG GAWAD SA FIRST COMMONWEALTH LITERARY CONTEST, 1940; REPUBLIC CONTEST ON BONIFACIO AND THE FIRST EPOCH OF THE REVOLUTION, 1948; CARLOS PALANCA MEMORIAL AWARDS, SA PANITIKAN, 1953; GAWAD NG PHA PARA SA MGA NATATANGING AKLAT NG KASAYSAYAN NG PILIPINAS, 1960. GAWAD NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA ANG DIWA NG LAHI, 1982. GAWAD POSTHUMO BILANG NATIONAL SCIENTIST, 1985. NAMATAY, ENERO 14, 1985.

Claudio Intermediate School

Location: Morong, Rizal

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1953

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CLAUDIO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

CONSTRUCTED IN 1921 UNDER ACT NO 2881 IN THE MEMORY OF TOMAS CLAUDIO WHO DIED, 29 JUNE 1918, OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION NEAR CATIGNY, FRANCE, DURING WORLD WAR I.

Church of the Third Order of the Franciscans

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events, Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Site, Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF THE THIRD ORDER OF THE FRANCISCANS

THIRD ORDER OF THE FRANCISCANS FOUNDED HERE ABOUT 1611 BY JOSE DE SANTA MARIA, O.P.M. FIRST CHAPEL BUILT IN 1618. PRESENT CHURCH IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION FINISHED IN 1733 AND SOLEMNLY CONSECRATED IN 1734 BY BISHOP FELIPE DE MOLINA OF NUEVA CACERES.

Santa Rosa Beaterio and College for Girls

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 June 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

SANTA ROSA BEATERIO AND COLLEGE FOR GIRLS

THIS INSTITUTION, AS A BEATERIO, WAS FOUNDED ABOUT 1750 BY THE DOMINICAN TERTIARY PAULA DE LA SANTISIMA TRINIDAD. THE SCHOOL WAS ENTRUSTED TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY IN 1866. THE BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE OF 1863 WAS REBUILT IN 1866 BY SOR EUSTAQUIA LARA. THE LATER BUILDING WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1880 AND WAS REPLACED BY THE PRESENT STRUCTURE ERECTED FROM ITS VERY FOUNDATIONS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SOR JOSEFA NUÑEZ.

Santa Potenciana College

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events, Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Site, Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE

FORMER SITE OF SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE, FOUNDED IN 1591 BY ORDER OF PHILIP II DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR GOMEZ PEREZ DASMARIÑAS FOR THE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION OF ORPHAN GIRLS. IT WAS FINANCED BY THE STATE AND BY THE HERMANDAD DE LA MISERICORDIA. THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645 DAMAGED THE BUILDING AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF SEVERAL INMATES. THE BRITISH BOMBARDMENT OF MANILA IN 1762 COMPLETED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COLLEGE, SO ITS PENSIONERS WERE TRANSFERRED TO SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE WITH THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY STATE SUPPORT STOPPED AND SANTA POTENCIANA COLLEGE PASSED OUT OF EXISTENCE.

Ateneo De Manila

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 30 November 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

ATENEO DE MANILA

THIS WAS THE SITE OF "ESCUELA PIA" TAKEN OVER BY THE JESUITS IN 1859 AND RENAMED "ATENEO MUNICIPAL DE MANILA" IN 1865. JOSE RIZAL RECEIVED FROM THIS SCHOOL, THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS ON MARCH 23, 1877. IN 1901 THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO "ATENEO DE MANILA." ON AUGUST 13, 1932, THE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL MUSEUM, LIBRARY, AND EQUIPMENT, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE CLASSES HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE "COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE" ON CALLE PADRE FAURA. THE PRESENT BUILDING, TO WHICH THE ATENEO GRADE SCHOOL RETURNED IN JUNE, 1940, WAS BLESSED ON DECEMBER 15, 1940.

Boys' Singing School

Location: intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

BOYS' SINGING SCHOOL

THIS SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA, THE RT. REV. JUAN AGEL RODRIGUEZ, IN 1742, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURNISHING THE ECCLESIASTICAL CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MANILA WITH TRAINED SOPRANO VOICES.

Santisimo Rosario College

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

SANTISIMO ROSARIO COLLEGE

THIS COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED BY THE REV. VICENTE ISTEGUI, O.P., IN 1890, FOR THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS. OWING TO THE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OF THE TIMES, IT WAS CLOSED IN 1898 BUT REOPENED IN 1904.

Looban College

Location: United Nations Avenue, Paco, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1936

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

LOOBAN COLLEGE

THE GROUND AND COLLEGE WERE DONATED TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR GIRLS FOR SOR ASUNCION VENTURA, A NATIVE OF PAMPANGA, HERSELF A SISTER OF CHARITY. THE INSTITUTION WAS INAUGURATED ON JULY 26,1885, AND GAINED GREAT DISTINCTION FOR THE DESIGN AND EXCELLENCE OF ITS EMBROIDERY AND NEEDLEWORK.

La Concordia College for Girls

© Roel Balingit/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 4.0

Location: Herran Street, Paco, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

LA CONCORDIA COLLEGE FOR GIRLS

FOUNDED IN 1868 BY DOÑA MARGARITA ROXAS DE AYALA ON HER LA CONCORDIA ESTATE AND ADMINISTERED BY THE SISTERS OF CHARITY.

General Francisco Del Castillo

Location: Kalibo, Aklan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 18 February 1952

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

GENERAL FRANCISCO DEL CASTILLO

HERE DIED IN ACTION

23 FEBRUARY 1897

GENERAL FRANCISCO DEL CASTILLO, PATRIOT, DEFENDER OF LIBERTY AND LEADER OF THE AKLAN REVOLUTIONISTS.

Carmelo and Bauermann, Inc.

Location: Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Mandaluyong City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1937

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CARMELO AND BAUERMANN, INC.

THIS PLACE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES THE FIRM WAS FOUNDED ON JULY 1, 1887, BY EULALIO CARMELO Y LAKANDULA AND WILLIAM BAUERMANN. THIS MARKER WAS PLACED HERE IN 1937 TO COMMEMORATE THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRM.

"Can We Defend This In Plaza Miranda?"

Location: Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1965

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

"CAN WE DEFEND THIS IN PLAZA MIRANDA?"

AS PRESIDENT, RAMON MAGSAYSAY MADE THIS PLAZA THE TOUCHSTONE FOR PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT OF POLICY AND ACTION. THE CONSTANT CONCERN OF HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE WAS OFTEN EXPRESSED IN THE ABOVE QUERY, WHICH INDICATED HIS READINESS TO PLACE ISSUES BEFORE THEM.

Ang Simbahan ng Paete

Location: Paete, Laguna

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 13 September 1981

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG SIMBAHAN NG PAETE

SA BISA NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 260, AGOSTO 1, 1973 NA SINUSUGAN NG KAUTUSAN BILANG 375, ENERO 14, 1974, ANG SIMBAHANG ITO AY IPINAHAYAG NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN.

Unang Kasunduan ng Kapyapaan sa Pilipinas

Location: Fort San Pedro, Cebu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 4 June 1985

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

UNANG KASUNDUAN NG KAPAYAPAAN SA PILIPINAS

SA POOK NA ITO, ANG UNANG KASUNDUAN NG KAPAYAPAAN SA PILIPINAS AY NILAGDAAN NINA RAJAH TUPAS NG CEBU AT KAPITAN HENERAL MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGASPI NG ESPANYA, NA NAGPAPAHAYAG NG PAGKILALA NG MGA CEBUANO SA KAPANGYARIHAN NG ESPANYA, NG PAGTATANGGOL NG MGA KASTILA SA KANILANG MGA KAAWAY AT NG KANILANG KALKALAN SA GANTIHANG BAYAN.

KAPUWA LUMAGDA NOONG HUNYO 4, 1565 SA HARAP NINA PUNONG TAMUNAN AT MGA ALAGAD NI HARING TUPAS: PISUNCAN, ANG TAGPAGMANA NG KORONA: SICAPETAN: SIBATUMAY: SIMAQUIO: SICABUN: SIBATALA: LILINTI: SICARLIC AT SICAGUMO.

(Source: N.H.I. (1994). Historical Markers Regions V-XII. National Historical Institute.)

Church of Hagonoy

Location: Hagonoy, Bulacan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CHURCH OF HAGONOY

ORIGINALLY A CHAPEL UNDER THE PARISH OF CALUMPIT. BECAME A CHURCH, 1731, FR. JUAN ALBARRAN, AUGUSTINIAN, FIRST CURATE. REBUILT, 1871, BY FR. IGNACIO MANZA NARES. TAKEN OVER BY THE FILIPINO CLERGY, 1896. FR. CLEMETE GARCIA, FIRST FILIPINO CURATE. SUCCEEDED BY FR. DR. MARIANO SEVILLA, 1902-1922; FR. EXEQUIEL MORELOS, 1922-1936. IMROVED BY FR. CELESTINO RODRIGUEZ, CURATE SINCE 1936, ASSISTED BY THE CONGREGATION OF THE RELIGIOSAS DE LA VIRGEN MARIA (R.V.M.).

Morong High School Building

Location: Morong, Rizal

Category:  Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

MORONG HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

CONSTRUCTED BY FORCED LABOR, 1881-1883, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CAPTAIN MAURICIO MATA CRUZ. BECAME THE CAPITOL OF THE GOBIERNO POLITICO-MILITAR OF THE DISTRITO DE MORONG 1884-1896. TAKEN OVER BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS, 1899; BY THE AMERICAN FORCES, 1901; BY THE JAPANESE 1942-1944; BY THE MORONG HIGH SCHOOL, 1945.

Birthplace of Marcelo H. Del Pilar*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2013

Location: Marcelo H. del Pilar Shrine, Barangay San Nicolas Street, Bulakan, Bulacan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site, NHCP museum

Link to the museum: Museo ni Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Status: Level I - National Shrine

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 1, S. 2006

Marker date: January 17, 2012

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF MARCELO H. DEL PILAR

BORN IN BARRIO SAN NICOLAS, TOWN OF BULACAN ON AUGUST 30, 1850 TO JULIAN H. DEL PILAR AND BLASA GATMAYTAN. MARCELO H. DEL PILAR, PATRIOT, WRITER AND EDITOR OF LA SOLIDARIDAD, A NEWSPAPER OF THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT PUBLISHED IN SPAIN. DIED IN BARCELONA, JULY 4, 1896.

Simbahan ng Barasoain*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2012

NHCP Photo Collection, 2012

NHCP Photo Collection, 2012

Location: Barasoain Church, Paseo del Congreso cor. Don Antonio Bautista Street, Malolos, Bulacan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship, NHCP Museum

Link to the museum: Museo ng Republika ng 1899

Status: National Historical Landmark

Legal basis: Presidential Decree No. 260, s. 1973 

Marker date: 1976

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

SIMBAHAN NG BARASOAIN

SA BISA NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 260, AGOSTO 1, 1973 NA SINUSUGAN NG KAUTUSAN BILANG 375, ENERO 14, 1974, ANG SIMBAHANG ITO AY IPINAHAYAG NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN.

Birthplace of Mabini

NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Talaga, Tanauan, Batangas

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF APOLINARIO MABINI

AT THIS PLACE, BARRIO TALAGA, TANAUAN, BATANGAS, APOLINARIO MABINI, AUTHOR OF VARIOUS IMPORTANT DECREES AND POLITICAL DOCUMENTS, PRIME MINISTER OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC, AND PATRIOT, WAS BORN JULY 23, 1864. HIS PARENTS WERE INOCENCIO MABINI AND DIONISIA MARANAN. HAVING ATTENDED THE SCHOOL OF REV. VALERIO MALABANAN IN TANAUAN AND COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN IN MANILA, MABINI WAS GRADUATED IN LAW FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS IN 1894, IN THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF HIS COUNTRY’S HISTORY WHEN HIS SERVICES WERE NEEDED MOST. HE WAS STRUCK BY PARALYSIS IN JANUARY 1896. IN THE FOLLOWING OCTOBER HE WAS MADE PRISONER BY THE SPANIARDS, AND AGAIN BY THE AMERICANS WHO DEPORTED HIM TO GUAM ON JANUARY 15, 1901. MABINI RETURNED TO THE PHILIPPINES ON FEBRUARY 26, 1903, AND DIED IN MANILA ON MAY 13, 1903. GOVERNOR GENERAL TAFT CHARACTERIZED HIM AS THE MOST PROMINENT IRRECONCILABLE AMONG FILIPINOS.

Unang Putok sa Digmaang Filipino–Amerikano

Location: Silencio Street cor. Sociego Street, Santa Mesa, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 4 February 2004

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

UNANG PUTOK SA DIGMAANG FILIPINO–AMERIKANO

DITO NOONG GANAP NA 9:00 SA GABI NG 4 PEBRERO 1899 NAGPAPUTOK SI PRIVATE WILLIAM GRAYSON NG FIRST NEBRASKA VOLUNTEERS, PUTOK NA NAGPASIKLAB SA DIGMAANG FILIPINO–AMERIKANO.

Church of San Sebastian

Location: San Sebastian Church, Pasaje del Carmen Street, Quiapo, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH

DESIGNED BY GENARO PALACIOS. THE STRUCTURAL METAL OF WHICH THIS CHURCH IS UNIQUELY BUILT WAS MANUFACTURED IN BELGIUM AND ERECTED HERE BY BELGIAN ENGINEERS. THE CHURCH WAS SOLEMNLY BLESSED AUGUST 16, 1891. EARLIER CHURCHES BUILT ON THIS SITE BY RECOLLECT FRIARS SINCE 1611 WERE DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE IN 1859, 1863 AND 1880.

Beaterio

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

BEATERIO

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION CANONICALLY APPROVED BY THE HOLY SEE MARCH 24, 1931, UNDER THE NAME OF CONGREGACION DE RELIGIOSAS DE LA VIRGEN MARIA AND POPULARLY KNOWN AS BEATERIO DE LA CAMPANIA SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1694 BY IGNACIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, A NATIVE OF BINONDO.

Claro M. Recto

Location: 2150 F.B. Harrison & 1750 Leveriza Street, Pasay City

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2 October 1986

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CLARO M. RECTO

MAKABAYAN, ESTADISTA, HURISTA, PARLIAMENTARYO AT MANUNULAT KUNG SAAN GINUGOL ANG PINAKAMAKAHULUGANG BAHAGI NG KANYANG BUHAY NA NAGING HUWARAN NG KADAKILAAN, KARANGANLAN AT PAGPIPITAGAN SA SARILING KAKAYAHAN NG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO.

Dr. Lorenzo Negrao

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Escolta Street, Santa Cruz, Manila

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Marker text:

DR. LORENZO NEGRAO

SPANISH PHYSICIAN AND PHARMACIST ESTABLISHED IN MANILA IN 1830 A COMMERCIAL PHARMACY LATER KNOWN AS BOIE AND SCHADENBERG AND CONTINUED INTO MODERN TIMES AS THE BOTICA BOIE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN DRUG COMPANY. 

(COMPLETELY DESTROYED DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. NEW BUILDING ERECTED ON SITE, 1952.)

President Osmeña Highway

Location: Quirino Avenue and South Superhighway, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 19 October 1989

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PRESIDENT OSMEÑA HIGHWAY

SA BISA NG BATAS REPUBLIKA BILANG 6760 NA MAY PETSANG SETYEMBRE 25, 1989, ANG LANSANGANG BAYANG ITO AY PINANGALANANG PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMEÑA HIGHWAY.

"Where Marcos Was Confined"

Location: Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1966

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

"WHERE MARCOS WAS CONFINED"

IN THIS ROOM IN AUGUST, 1943 FERDINAND E. MARCOS NOW PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WAS CONFINED FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR ILLNESS CONTRACTED IN THE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING WORLD WAR II.

El Parian

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

EL PARIAN

FORMER SITE OF EL PARIAN, A CHINESE WALLED SUBURB, DESTROYED AND REBUILT SEVERAL TIMES, BOMBARDE FROM SAN GABRIEL BASTION, IN THE CHINESE UPRISING OF 1004, SET ON FIRE IN THE CHINESE INSURRECTION OF 1639, TRANSFERRED TO LA ESTACADA, BINONDO, IN 1644 BY GOVERNOR DIEGO FAJARDO, BUT BUILT AGAIN IN THIS DISTRICT, AND LATER MOVED TO ALCAYCARIA DE SAN JOSE, INTRAMUROS, BY GOVERNOR JOSE BASCO Y VARGAS IN 1786 FOR MILITARY REASONS, AND FINALLY DISPERSED IN 1860.

At Corner of Gen. Luna and Calle Victoria

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

AT CORNER OF GEN. LUNA AND CALLE VICTORIA

THIS SITE WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THREE JESUIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THE REAL Y PONTIFICA UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN IGNACIO 1589-1768: THE COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE FOUNDED IN 1610 BY ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ DE FIGUEROA; AND THE REAL COLEGIO DE SAN FELIPE DE AUSTRIA FOUNDED BY GOVERNOR CORCUERA IN 1640 AND ABOLISHED BY GOVERNOR FAJARDO IN 1644.

Site of the Former Colegio De San Pedro Martir

Location: Ermita, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

SITE OF THE FORMER COLEGIO DE SAN PEDRO MARTIR

IN 1588 THE DOMINICANS BUILT A CHURCH IN EL PARIAN FOR THE SPIRITUAL MINISTRATION OF THE CHINESE. ADJOINING THE CHURCH AND CONVENT WAS THE COLEGIO DE SAN PEDRO MARTIR WHERE CHINESE, SPANISH AND TAGALOG WERE TAUGHT.

Avenida Mexico

Location: Taft Avenue Extension, Pasay City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1964

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

AVENIDA MEXICO

SA LOOB NG MAHIGIT SA DALAWANG DAAN TAON, HANGGANG NOONG 1815 ITO ANG DAANG PATUNGO SA KABITE NA SIYANG PINANGGALINGAN NG MGA GALEONG MAYNILA-ACAPULCO. PINANGALANAN NOONG NOBYEMBRE 21, 1964 IKAAPAT NA RAANG TAON NG PAGLAYAG NI MIGUEL LOPEZ DE LEGAZPI MULA SA MEXICO PATUNGO RITO SA PILIPINAS.

Site of the Former Church of San Juan De Dios

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

SITE OF THE FORMER CHURCH OF SAN JUAN DE DIOS

ON TAKING POSSESSION OF THE HOSPITAL DE LA MISERICORDIA ON MARCH 31, 1656, THE HOSPITALARIOS DE SAN JUAN DE DIOS, A RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE SOCIETY, BUILT A SMALL CHURCH HERE WITH ADJOINING LODGINGS. THIS CHURCH WAS DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JULY 19, 1664. THE SECOND AND LARGER CHURCH WAS WRECKED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1674. THE NEXT CHURCH AND ITS CONVENT WEAKENED BY REPEATED SEISMIC SHOCKS HAD TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 1727. A NEW CHURCH SOLEMNLY BLESSED MAY 10, 1732, WAS LEVELLED TO THE GROUND BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863.

Dambana ng Kalayaan*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

Location: Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level I-National Shrine

Legal basis: Republic Act No. 597

Marker date: 30 December 1972

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

DAMBANA NG KALAYAAN

BILANG PAGGUNITA SA ALAALA NI JOSE RI­ZAL AT IBA PANG MGA BAYANING PILIPINO NA NAGBUWIS NG KANILANG BUHAY PARA SA INANG BAYAN. ANG FORT SANTIAGO AY GINAWANG PAM­BANSANG DAMBANA NG KALAYAAN NOONG MARSO 1951 SA BISA NG BATAS NG REPUBLIKA BLG. 597.

Bayan ng Batan

Location: Batan, Aklan

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 8 December 1992

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BAYAN NG BATAN

DATING KILALA BILANG BATANG, PUNONG BAYAN NG SACUP (LALAWIGAN) NG AKLAN AT SENTRO NG PAKIKIPAGKALAKALAN NOONG BAGO DUMATING ANG MGA KASTILA. ENCOMIENDA NI MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ, 1591; BAYANG EKLESIASTIKO, 1601; ISINAMA SA BAYAN NG ACLAN (NGAYON AY KALIBO), 1603. NAGING BAYANG NAGSASARILI, 1789. NAGING UNANG GOBERNADORSILYO SI DON MARTIN DIONISIO. NAGING BAHAGI NG BAGONG TATAG NA BAYAN NG NEW WASHINGTON, 1903. MULING ITINATAG BILANG NAGSASARILING BAYAN SA PAGPUPUNYAGI NG NOON AY ISPIKER MANUEL A. ROXAS NG LEHISLATURA NG PILIPINAS, 1931.

Church of San Agustin

Source: www.hmdb.org

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAN AGUSTIN

OLDEST IN THE PHILIPPINES. CORNERSTONE LAID IN 1599, CHURCH COMPLETED IN 1606 UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE LAY BROTHER ANTONIO HER RERA, OF THE CHURCH IN MANILA, THIS ONE ALONE WITHSTOOD THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645, 1754, 1852 AND 1880. THE CHOIR HAS 68 CARVED MOLAVE SEATS. AN ARTISTIC LECTERN AND PARCHMENT CANTORALS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. THIS CHURCH AND ITS GRAVES WERE PROFANED DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF MANILA IN 1762, AND THE ASHES OF LEGASPI, SALCEDO, LAVEZARES AND OTHERS NOW REST IN THE EASTERN MOST CHAPEL OF THE TRANSEPT. TERMS FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF MANILA WERE SIGNED IN THE VESTRY OF THIS CHURCH IN AUGUST, 1898.

Ang Simbahan ng Taal

Location: Taal, Batangas (Region IV-A)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 8 December 1972

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

ANG SIMBAHAN NG TAAL

ITINATAG NOONG 1575 NI PADRE DIEGO ESPINA, NASIRA NOONG 1754 NANG PUMUTOK ANG BULKAN. IPINAGAWA NOONG 1755 SA KASALUKUYANG POOK; GINIBA NG LINDOL NOONG 1849. ANG KASALUKUYANG SIMBAHAN AY SINIMULAN NOONG 1856 AYON SA PLANO NG ARKITEKTONG SI LUCIANO OLNER. KINIKILALANG PINAKAMALAKING SIMBAHANG KATOLIKO SA DAKONG SILANGAN, ANG PAGPAPASINAYA AY GINANAP NOONG 1865.

Church of Recoletos

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF RECOLETOS

THE FIRST CHURCH ERECTED IN  1608 BY THE RECOLETOS FATHERS THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF BERNARDINO DEL CASTILLO MALDONADO WAS PARTIALLY RUINED IN THE EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1645, AND TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 20, 1658. A NEWLY BUILT CHURCH COLLAPSED IN 1722. THE PRESENT CHURCH DATES FROM 1780.

Francisco "Soc" Rodrigo 1914–1998

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

Location: Bulakan, Bulacan

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: January 29, 2014

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

FRANCISCO “SOC” RODRIGO 

1914–1998

GURO, MAMAHAYAG, MANUNULAT AT SENADOR. ISINILANG SA BULAKAN, BULACAN, 29 ENERO 1914. NAG-ARAL SA ATENEO DE MANILA, 1930–1934, AT SA UNIBERSIDAD NG SANTO TOMAS, 1934–1935. NAGTAPOS NG ABOGASYA SA UNIBERSIDAD NG PILIPINAS, 1938. NAGING SENADOR, 1955–1967. LUMABAN SA BATAS MILITAR AT REHIMENG MARCOS, NAPIIT NANG TATLONG ULIT: NOONG 1972, 1978 AT 1982. MIYEMBRO NG KOMISYON SA SALIGANG BATAS, 1986. ITINAGUYOD ANG WIKANG FILIPINO SA KANYANG MGA TULA, DULA, TALUMPATI, ARTIKULO AT MAGING SA PAGTUTURO. YUMAO, 4 ENERO 1998.

Ang Lungsod ng Naga

Location: Naga City, Camarines Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: December 15, 1972

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

ANG LUNGSOD NG NAGA

SI JUAN DE SALCEDO ANG KAUNA-UNAHANG EUROPEONG NAKARATING SA NAGA NOONG 1573. SA CIUDAD DE CACERES NA MALAPIT SA NAGA AT NAMAYAN ANG ISANG PULUTONG NG MGA KASTILA NOONG 1575. NANG LUMAON AY PINAGPISAN ANG DALAWANG POOK AT TINAWAG NA NUEVA CACERES. NOONG 1918, ANG KATUTUBONG PANGALANG NAGA AY INIHALILI SA PANGALANG KASTILA, BAGAMAN ANG DIYOSESIS NG CACERES NA ITINATAG NOONG 1595 AY PATULOY NA GINAGAMIT.

Ang Lungsod ng Iriga

Location: Iriga City, Camarines Sur

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: September 13, 1969

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Domingo Abella

Location: Iriga, Camarines Sur

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: May 2, 1982

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

DOMINGO ABELLA 

IPINANGANAK SA IRIGA, CAMARINES SUR, 2 MAYO 1906. MANGGAGAMOT, BIBLIOGRAPO, ARTSIBERO AT PANGUNAHING MANANALAYSAY NG KASAYSAYAN NG SIMBAHAN NOONG PANAHON NG KASTILA. NAGING PANGULO NG PHILIPPINE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, BOOKLOVERS SOCIETY, AT PHILIPPINE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION; KAGAWAD NG PAMBANSANG SURIANG PANGKASAYSAYAN; TAGAPAGTATAG NG INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS OF ASIA. NAMATAY NOONG 4 SETYEMBRE 1976 SAMANTALANG NANUNUNGKULAN BILANG DIREKTOR NG SINUPANG PAMBANSA.  

Town of Cagsaua

Location: Barangay Busay, Daraga, Albay

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1940

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

TOWN OF CAGSAUA

THIS SITE WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE TOWN OF CAGSAUA WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY THE ERUPTION OF MAYON VOLCANO FEBRUARY 1, 1814. TOWN WAS BURIED UNDER ROCKS, LAVA AND VOLCANIC ASH. ABOUT 1,200 PERSONS PERISHED. ON JULY 16, 1814. THE AUTHORITIES OF CAGSAUA ASSEMBLED AT LIGAO AND DECIDED TO TRANSFER THE TOWN TO DARAGA. THE FIRST CENTENARY OF THIS ERUPTION WAS SOLEMNLY COMMEMORATED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE BICOL REGION, FEBRUARY 1, 1914 WITH A PILGRIMAGE TO CAGSAUA. A HIGH MASS WAS CELEBRATED OVER THE RUINS OF THE CHURCH IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

The International Chamber of Commerce of Albay

Location: Legazpi City, Albay

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1940

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ALBAY

A TRADE AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATION FOUNDED ON AUGUST13, 1904, BY A GROUP OF FILIPINO, AMERICAN, SPANISH, CHINESE AND ENGLISH BUSINESSMEN TO FOSTER ETHICAL BUSINESS RELATIONS AND TO PROMOTE TRADE AND COMMERCE IN THE BICOL REGION IN GENERAL AND LEGASPI CITY IN PARTICULAR.

Fort of San Juan Bautista

Location: Agutaya, Palawan

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure, Fortification

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1939

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

FORT OF SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

SITE OF FORT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. BUILT OF STONE, QUARE IN FORM, WITH FOUR BASTIONS. BEGUN WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF GENERAL ANTONIO DE ROXAS, THIS FORT WAS FINISHED AND MAINTAINED BY THE RECOLLECT AUGUSTINIANS TO PROTECT THE TOWN AGAINST PIRATES. THE PLANS WERE PREPARED BY REV. JUAN DE SAN SEVERO, A. R.

Isinilang Sa Pook Na Ito, 10 Ng Marso 1869 Macario Adriatico

Location: Calapan, Oriental, Mindoro

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1949

Installed by: Philippine Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ISINILANG SA POOK NA ITO, 10 NG MARSO 1869 

MACARIO ADRIATICO

MANANANGGOL, MANANALUMPATI, MANUNULAT, MAMBABATAS, ANAK NINA LUCIANO ADRIATICO AT NATALIA GONZALES. UNANG KINATAWAN NG MINDORO SA ASAMBLEA FILIPINA. MAKATLONG NAHALAL, 1907-1916. KAGAWAD NG LUPON SA KODIGO. UNANG KAGAWAD NA PILIPINO, AKADEMYA REAL NG WIKA SA MADRID. PATNUGOT NG AKLATAN AT MUSEO NG PILIPINAS, 1917-1919. YUMAO SA MAYNILA, 14 ABRIL, 1919.

Marinduque Revolutionary Force

Location: Torrijos, Marinduque

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: September 13, 2000

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MARINQUDUE REVOLUTIONARY FORCE 

AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE FILIPINOS AND AMERICANS ON FEBRUARY 4, 1899, THE MARINDUQUE REVOLUTIONARY FORCE, COMPOSED OF INFANTRY AND MILITIA BATTALIONS, WAS ORGANIZED BY GOV. MARTIN LARDIZABAL PURSUANT TO THE ORDER OF GEN. MARIANO TRIAS OF THE SOUTHERN COMMAND ON MAY 6 1900, THE INFANTRY BATALLION WAS CONVERTED INTO FOUR GUERILLA UNITS. 

WHEN GOV. LARDIZABAL BECAME ILL, HE APPOINTED CAPT. MAXIMO ABAD AS CHIEF OF THE MARINDUQUE REVOLUTIONARY FORCE. THEY DEFEATED THE AMERICAN FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF PAYE IN BOAC ON JULY 31, 1900 AND IN THE BATTLE OF PULANG LUPA IN TORRIJOS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. ON MARCH 1901, GOV. LARDIZABAL, CAPT. PEDRO MADRIGAL AND LT. GUMERSINDO DELA SANTA WERE CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO MANILA WHERE THEY WERE INCARCERATED AT FORT SANTIAGO. THIS EVENT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE TREACHEROUS CAPTURE OF GEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO IN PALANAN, ISABELA ON MARCH 23, 1901. ON APRIL 15, 1901, COL. ABAD AND THE REMAINING REVOLUTIONARY FORCE OF MARINDUQUE SURRENDERED TO THE AMERICAN FORCES IN BOAC.    

Macario Sakay (1870-1907)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2009

Location: Dolores, Quezon

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: March 27, 1993

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MACARIO SAKAY

(1870-1907)

MAKABAYAN, IPINANGANAK, 1870, TONDO, MAYNILA. UMANIB SA KATIPUNAN, 1894. NAGING KATULONG SA PALIMBAGAN NG KATIPUNAN; NAKIPAGLABAN KASAMA NI ANDRES BONIFACIO SA ILANG LABANAN; ITINALAGANG PANGULO NG SESYONG DAPITAN (MAYNILA) DAHIL SA KANYANG KATAPATAN SA LAYUNIN NG K.K.K. NANATILING NAKIKIBAKA HANGGANG SA DUMATING ANG MGA AMERIKANO. NADAKIP SA KABUNDUKAN NG MORONG, 1901. PINAGKALOONAN AMNESTIYA NGUNIT MULINGNAMUNDOK UPANG BUHAYIN ANG LAYUNIN NG KATIPUNAN NI ANDRES BONIFACIO. TAGAPAGTATAG AT PANGULO NG REPUBLIKA NG KATAGALUGAN NA MAY PUNONG HIMPILAN SA BUNDOK SAN CRISTOBAL, 1902. LUMIPAT SA KABUNDUKAN NG MORONG, AGOSTO 1903. BUMABA SA MAYNILA SA PAANYAYA NG GOBERNADOR HENERAL, HULYO 4, 1906; PATAKSIL NA DINAKIP, HULYO 17, 1906, NAMATAY, SETYEMBRE 13, 1907.

Ang Labanan sa Alitao Tayabas, Quezon

Unveiling of the historical marker, 2001. NHCP Photo Collection

Location: Alitao, Tayabas, Quezon

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: October 26, 2001

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG LABANAN SA ALITAO

TAYABAS, QUEZON

SA POOK NA ITO NAGANAP NOONG NOBYEMBRE 1, 1841 ANG MADUGONG LABANAN SA PAGITAN NG PANGKAT NG MGA KASTILA SA PAMUMUNO NI TINYENTE JOAQUIN HUET SA PANGKAT NI APOLINARIO DE LA CRUZ (HERMANO PULE), ANG TAGAPAGTATAG NG SAMHANG COFRADIA DE SAN JOSE. BUONG GITING NA NAKIPAGLABAN SI HERMANO PULE AT KANYANG MGA KAPANALIG NGUNIT ANG KANILANG KATAPANGAN AY HINDI NAGING SAPAT SA MALAKAS NA SANDATA NG MGA KASTILA. MARAMING KASAPI NG KAPATIRAN ANG NAMATAY SA LABANANG ITO, KABILANG NA YAONG MGA KABABAIHAN AT WALANG MALAY NA KABATAAN, SAMANTALANG ANG IBA AY SUGATAN AT NABIHAG.

NATIGMAK NG DUGO ANG BANAL NA LUPANG ITO MULA SA MGA KASAPI AT ALAGAD NG COFRADIA NI HERMANO PULE. ANG PANANDANG PANGKASAYSAYANG ITO AY INIALAY SA KANILANG KABAYANIHAN NG SAMBAYANANG PILIPINO NA SA KANILA AY PATULOY NA DUMADAKILA.

Si Rizal sa Binyang

Location: Biñan, Laguna

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1960

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SI RIZAL SA BINYANG

POOK NA KINATAYUAN NG BAHAY NG MAESTRONG SI JUSTINIANO AQUINO CRUZ NA SIYANG GURO NI JOSE RIZAL BUHAT NOONG HUNYO 1870 HANGGANG IKA-17 NG DISYEMBRE 1871.

Cayo Alzona (1868 - 1927)

Location: Biñan, Laguna

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: April 28, 1984

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

CAYO ALZONA 

(1868-1927)

IPINANGANAK SA BIÑAN, LAGUNA, 23 ABRIL 1868. APO NI BIBIANA MERCADO RIZAL. NAGTAPOS NG A.B., COLEGIO DE SAN JUAN DE LETRAN, 1891; LICENCIADO EN JURISPRUDENCIA, MERITISSIMUS SOBRESALIENTE, REAL Y PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTO TOMAS, 1895. UNANG PINUNO NG UGNAYANG PANLABAS, GABINETE NI MABINI, REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS, PISKAL NA PANLALAWIGAN NG ISABELA AT TAYABAS (NGAYO’Y QUEZON); HUKOM NG HUKUMANG UNANG DULUGAN NG ROMBLON, ANTIQUE, ILOILO, CAVITE AT LAGUNA. NAMATAY SA STA. CRUZ, LAGUNA, 24 AGOSTO 1927. 

Padre Mariano Gomez

© Ramon FVelasquez/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

Location: Bacoor, Cavite

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1971

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text:

PADRE MARIANO GOMEZ

NAGING KURA PAROKO NG BAYANG ITO SA LOOB NG 48 TAON. ISINILANG SA STA. CRUZ, MAYNILA NOONG AGOSTO 2, 1799. NAGTANGGOL SA KARAPATAN NG MGA PARING PILIPINO. ISINANGKOT SA PAG-AALSA SA KABITE NOONG ENERO 20, 1872 AT IPINAPATAY NOONG PEBRERO 17, 1872 NA KASAMA SINA PADRE JOSE BURGOS AT JACINTO ZAMORA.

Liberators Guerilla

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

NHCP Photo Collection, 2022

Location: Maragondon Town Plaza, Maragondon, Cavite

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: October 25, 2017

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text: 

LIBERATORS GUERILLA

ITINATAG NI PATROCINIO Z. GULAPA SA MARAGONDON, CAVITE BILANG SAMAHANG ANTI-HAPON (ANHAP), 8 MAYO 1942. PINALITAN ANG PANGALAN BILANG LIBERATORS GUERILLA SA ILALIM NG PAMUMUNO NI BERT C. FULLER, 17 HULYO 1944. NAGING BAHAGI NG HUNTERS ROTC SA ILALIM NI MARIANO B. VILLANUEVA, 22 NOBYEMBRE 1944. KINILALA NG 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION BILANG HIWALAY NA YUNIT NG HUNTERS ROTC AT NANGUNA SA PAGLABAN SA MGA HAPON SA CAVITE AT BATANGAS, 15 PEBRERO – 30 APRIL 1945. TUMULONG SA PAGPAPATROLYA SA CAVITE, BATANGAS, AT TAYABAS (NGAYO’Y LALAWIGAN NG QUEZON). KINILALA NG PHILIPPINE-RYUKYU COMMAND, 20 PEBRERO 1945.

Ang Pagwawagayway ng Watawat ng Pilipinas sa Lungsod ng Cavite

Location: Cavite City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: May 28, 2000

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG PAGWAWAGAYWAY NG WATAWAT NG PILIPINAS 

SA LUNGSOD NG CAVITE

SA POOK NA ITO DATING KINATATAYUAN NG TEATRO CAVITENO, PUNONG HIMPILAN NI HENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY, IWINAGAYWAY NG HENERAL ANG WATAWAT NG PILIPINAS NOONG HAPON NG MAYO 28, 1898 KAUGNAY NG TAGUMPAY NG MGA REBOLUSYUNARYONG PILIPINO LABAN SA MGA KASTILA SA ALAPAN.

Juan Cailles (1871-1951)

Location: Amaya Elementary School, Amaya Road, Tanza, Cavite

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: January 26, 1989

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

JUAN CAILLES 

(1871–1951)

MAKABAYAN, REBOLUSYONARYO. ISINILANG SA NASUGBU, BATANGAS, 10 NOBYEMBRE 1871. NAGKAMIT NG TEACHER’S DIPLOMA, PAARALANG NORMAL NG MGA HESWITA, 1890. NAGTURO SA BARYO AMAYA, TANZA, CAVITE HANGGANG SA PAGSIKLAB NG HIMAGSIKANG FILIPINO, 1896. UMANIB SA HUKBO NI HENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO AT NAGING BRIGADYER HENERAL, 1897. ISA SA MGA LUMAGDA SA PAGPAPAHAYAG NG KALAYAAN NG PILIPINAS, 12 HUNYO 1898. ITINALAGA SA LAGUNA, 1899. TINALO ANG MGA AMERIKANO SA LABANAN NG MABITAC, 17 SETYEMBRE 1900. SUMUKO SA MGA AMERIKANO, 24 HUNYO 1901. HINIRANG NA GOBERNADOR SIBIL, 1902–1910 AT NAHALAL NA GOBERNADOR NG LAGUNA, 1915–1925; NAGING KINATAWAN NG LALAWIGAN NG MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, 1926–1931; MULING NAHALAL NA GOBERNADOR NG LAGUNA, 1932–1938; PANGALAWANG TAGAPANGULO NG BOARD OF PENSIONS FOR VETERANS, 1940. INSPEKTOR HENERAL NG PHILIPPINE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, 1941. YUMAO 28 HUNYO 1951.

Astronomical Observatory of Joseph Le Paute D'Aglet

Location: Cavite City, Cavite

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JOSEPH LE PAUTE D'AGELET

ON FEBRUARY 27, 1787, THE FRENCH SHIPS LA BOUSSOLE AND L'ASTROLABE DISPATCHED ON A SCIENTIFIC MISSION ANCHORED AT CAVITE. A TEMPORARY OBSERVATORY WAS SET UP IN THE GARDEN OF THE RESIDENCE OF THE CAVITE COMMANDANT WHERE THE ASTRONOMER, JOSEPH LE PAUTE D'AGELET, DETERMINED THE LATITUDE OF CAVITE WITH AQUADRANT OF THREE FEET RADIUS AND THE LONGTITUDE OF CAVITE BY MEANS OF LUNAR DISTANCES AND RATE OF CHRONOMETERS. THE SHIPS WERE LATER LOST IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC WITH ALL HANDS ON BOARD.

Lauro Dimayuga

Location: Lipa City Hall, Lipa City, Batangas

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: January 25, 1991

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

LAURO DIMAYUGA 

REBOLUSYONARYO AT ISA SA MGA ORIHINAL NA KASAPI NG INDIOS BRAVOS, ISANG SAMAHAN NG MGA PILIPINONG REPORMISTA NA ITINATAG NI JOSE RIZAL SA PARIS NOONG 1889. MAY-AKDA NG ARTIKULONG LAS BELLAS LIPENSES AT UNA FRASE DE AMOR. IPINABILANGGO NG MGA PRAYLE SA PAGIGING ISANG FILIBUSTERO SA PAMPUBLIKONG BILANGGUAN NG LIPA. BINITAY NG WALANG PAGLILITIS AT NAMATAY NA ISANG BAYANI NOONG TAONG 1897. 

Battle of Talisay

Location: Talisay, Batangas

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1997

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Geronima T. Pecson (1896–1989)

© Roel Balingit/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 4.0

Location: 18-A Gilmore Avenue, New Manila, Quezon City

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: July 31, 1995

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

GERONIMA T. PECSON 

(1896–1989)

EDUKADOR, AWTOR, SOCIAL WORKER AT UNANG SENADORA. IPINANGANAK, DISYEMBRE 19, 1896. NATAMO ANG KATIBAYAN BILANG GURO SA MATAAS NA PAARALAN, 1919 AT BATSILYER SA AGHAM NG EDUKASYON, 1935 SA PAMANTASAN NG PILIPINAS. NAGTURO SA IBAT IBANG PAARALANG PUBLIKO AT PRIBADO HANGGANG DISYEMBRE, 1941. KAWAKSING KALIHIM TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG PANGULONG MANUEL A. ROXAS, 1946. SENADORA, 1948–1954. NANUNGKULANG PINUNO SA MARAMING SAMAHANG SOSYO-SIBIKO AT KULTURAL. KAGAWAD, LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG UNESCO, 1950–1954 AT 1958–1962. PINAMUNUAN ANG KOMISYONG PAMPALATUNTUNAN (PROGRAMME COMMISSION) NG LUPONG TAGAPAGPAGANAP NG UNESCO AT DELEGADO NG PILIPINAS SA PANGKALAHATANG KAPULUNGAN NG UNESCO, 1950, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1964 AT 1980. TUMANGGAP NG MARAMING GAWAD PAGKILALA MULA SA MGA KILALANG INSTITUSYON: DOCTOR OF PEDAGOGY, PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY, 1949; DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES, CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY, 1977 AT PAMANTASAN NG PILIPINAS, 1979 AT DOCTOR OF EDUCATION, PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE, 1988; PAWANG HONORIS CAUSA, TAGAPAGTATAG AT TAGAPANGASIWA, FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC., 1966–1989. NAMATAY, HULYO 31, 1989.

Bayan ng San Juan (San Juan de Bocboc)

© Ramon FVelasquez/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

Location: General Luna Street, San Juan, Batangas

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: December 12, 1990

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BAYAN NG SAN JUAN 

(SAN JUAN DE BOCBOC)

DATING NASA PINAGBAYANAN. INILIPAT SA KASALUKUYANG POOK SA KAHILINGAN NG MAMAMAYAN DAHIL SA MADALAS NA PAGBAHA NG MGA ILOG BANCORO AT BANGBANG AT TULUYANG PAGLUBOG SA TUBIG NG DATING KABAYANAN NOONG TAONG 1883. ANG PAGLIPAT AY PINAGTIBAY NG GOBERNADOR HENERAL NOONG DISYEMBRE 12, 1890 SA PANAHON NG PANUNUNGKULAN NG GOBERNADORSILYO BENEDICTO DE VILLA. NAGING SAN JUAN DE BOLBOC SA BISA NG BATAS LEHISLATIBO BILANG 2390, PEBRERO 28, 1914; SAN JUAN DE NEPOMUCENO BILANG PARANGAL SA PATRON NG BAYAN, NANG MGA UNANG TAON NG 1920; AT NGAYON AY BAYAN NG SAN JUAN.

Plaza McKinley

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Plaza

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

PLAZA MCKINLEY

SO NAMED IN 1901 FOR WILLIAM MCKINLEY U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN AMERICAN FORCES OCCUPIED THE PHILIPPINES IN 1898.

Franciscan Church

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Marker text:

FRANCISCAN CHURCH

FIRST CHAPEL CONSTRUCTED OF NIPA AND BAMBOO IN 1577: DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1583. BUILT OF VOLCANIC TUFF IN 1602. LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE PRESENT CHURCH, NOVEMBER 5, 1739, BY GOVERNOR GASPAR DE LA TORRE. BELFRY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKES OF 1824.

Iglesia ni Cristo

© JM Capunitan/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 4.0

Location: Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: July 24, 2014

Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)

Marker text:

IGLESIA NI CRISTO

ITINATAG BILANG ISANG ORGANISASYONG PANRELIHIYON, 27 HULYO 1914. UNANG IPINANGARAL NI FELIX Y. MANALO SA PUNTA, STA. ANA, MAYNILA. LUMAGANAP SA KAMAYNILAAN, MGA KARATIG-LALAWIGAN AT SA MALALAYONG PULO SA BANSA. NAITAYO ANG UNANG MISYON SA IBAYONG DAGAT SA HAWAII, ESTADOS UNIDOS SA ILALIM NG PAMAMAHALA NI ERAÑO G. MANALO, HULYO 1968. NAKARATING SA IBA’T IBANG BANSA. NAKILALA SA MGA KAPILYA NITONG NATATANGI ANG DISENYO AT ARKITEKTURA. ITINATAGUYOD ANG MGA DOKTRINANG PANRELIHIYON UKOL SA PAGSAMBA SA DIYOS, PAGKAKAISA, PAGKAKAPATIRAN AT PAGKAKAWANGGAWA. NAKAPAGTATAG NG MGA PAMAYANAN AT MGA PASILIDAD PANGKALUSUGAN AT PANG-EDUKASYON.

TANDA NG IKASANDAANG TAONG PAGKAKATATAG.

Santa Clara Convent

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1936

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

SANTA CLARA CONVENT

A COMMUNITY OF CLOISTERED NUNS FOUNDED BY SOR GERONIMA DE LA ASUNCION, WHO LEFT TOLEDO, SPAIN, ON APRIL 28,1620, AND ENTER ED MANILA ON AUGUST 5, 1621. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1622 IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION, BUT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1880. THE PRESENT CHURCH WAS SOLEMNLY BLESSED ON DECEMBER 12, 1881. ONLY TWICE IN THREE CENTURIES HAVE THE NUNS BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THE CLOISTER: FIRST DURING THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645, AND SECOND DURING THE OCCUPATION OF MANILA BY THE BRITISH IN 1762.

Powder Magazine

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

POWDER MAGAZINE

PLACED HERE BEHIND THESE MASSIVE DOUBLE WALLS BY FIELD MARSHALL FERNANDO VALDES Y TAMON, KNIGHT OF SANTIAGO, GOVERNOR AND CAPTAIN GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINES 1729-1739.

Bastion San Diego

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure, Bastion

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

BASTION SAN DIEGO

THIS BASTION WAS COMPLETED BY GOVERNOR-GENERAL DIEGO FAJARDO IN 1644. BEING NEAR THE AMMUNITION FOUNDRY, IT WAS CALLED ALSO BASTION OF THE FUNDICION. THE BRITISH ENTERED THE CITY OF MANILA IN 1762 BY REACHING THESE WALLS AND CAPTURING THIS BASTION.

Gusali ng Dulaang Metropolitan*

Location: Manila Metropolitan Theatre, Ermita, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: National Historical Landmark

Marker date: 1976

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

GUSALI NG DULAANG METROPOLITAN

SA BISA NG RESOLUSYON BILANG 4, OKTUBRE 21, 1976 NG PAMBANSANG SURIANG PANGKASAYSAYAN NA BINIGYAN NG KARAPATAN NG SEKSIYON 4 NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 260, AGOSTO 1, 1973, NA SINUSUGAN NG KAUTUSAN NG PANGULO BILANG 375, ENERO 14, 1974, ANG GUSALING ITO AY II'INAHAYAG NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN.

United Nations Plaza

Location: U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

UNITED NATIONS PLAZA

DEDICATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE CITY OF MANILA. ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, 10 JULY 1951, THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG WAS RAISED HERE BY TWO VETERANS WOUNDED IN THE KOREAN WAR, T/S NICOMEDES GUMACAY AND PFC. MARCELINO CARABALLO, TENTH BATALLION COMBAT TEAM, ASSISTED BY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CARLOS P. ROMULO, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Mint

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Undated

Marker text:

MINT

THIS BUILDING HOUSED THE MINT OF THE PHILIPPINES INAUGURATED MARCH 19,1861 TO COIN SILVER ONLY. CLOSED OCTOBER 25, 1889 TO JUNE 24, 1893, IT PERSISTED TO THE END OF THE SPANISH REGIME IN 18W, UNDER AMERICA THE BUILDING BECAME HEADQUARTERS OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION. THE PHILIPPINE MINT WAS OPENED IN THE INTENDENCIA BUILDING IN 1920.

Bastion San Andres or San Nicolas

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure, Bastion

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Undated

Marker text:

BASTION SAN ANDRES OR SAN NICOLAS

NAMED AFTER SAN ANDRES, THE PATRON SAINT OF MANILA, CHOSEN BY THE CITY SOON AFTER THE VICTORY OVER THE ATTACKING FORCES OF LIMAHONG IN 1575. IT IS KNOWN ALSO AS BASTION SAN NICOLAS, BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE RECOLLECT CHURCH OF SAN NICOLAS DE TOLENTINO.

Puerta Real - Royal Gateway

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Undated

Marker text:

PUERTA REAL - ROYAL GATEWAY

PUERTA REAL FORMERLY ENFILATED PLAZA MAYOR AND OPENED AT THE SOUTH END OF WHAT USED TO BE CALLE PALACIO, NOW GENERAL LUNA STREET, THROUGH IT SPANISH GOVERNORS AND ARCHBISHOPS MADE THEIR OFFICIAL ENTRY INTO THE CITY. IN THE GUARDHOUSE, OVER PUERTA REAL, ONE HUNDRED SPANIARDS AND FILIPINOS WHO. WOULD NOT SURRENDER TO THE INVADING BRITISH, WERE PUT TO THE SWORD IN 1762. FOR MILITARY REASONS THE GATE WAS TRANSFERRED IN 1780 BY GOVERNOR JOSE BASCO Y VARGAS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE CURTAINS BETWEEN THE BASTIONS OF SAN DIEGO AND SAN ANDRES. PRIOR TO 1852 THE GATE WAS CLOSED AND THE CITY WAS UNDER SENTINELS FROM 11:00 P.M. TO 4:00 A.M. ON ACCOUNT OF THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1852 IT WAS DECREED THAT THE GATES SHOULD THENCEFORTH REMAIN OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.

Father Burgos' Residence

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 9 February 1938

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

FATHER BURGOS' RESIDENCE

IN THIS HOUSE LIVED IN 1872 FATHER JOSE APOLONIO BURGOS THEN PARISH PRIEST OF THE PARROQUIA DE SAN PEDRO COMMONLY CALLED DEL SAGRARIO, ACTIIVG THEOLOGICAL CANON OF THE CATHEDRAL, ECCLESIASTICAL FISCAL, MASTER OF CEREMONIES OF THE CLAUSTRO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STO. TOMAS FROM 1864 IN WHICH UNIVERSITY HE WAS MEMBER OF THE VARIOUS EXAMINING BOARDS AND MADE DEAN OF THE CATHEDRAL IN 1872.

Residence of Higino Francisco

Source: https://triviamatters.blogspot.com/2014/06/higino-franciscos-residence.html

Source: https://triviamatters.blogspot.com/2014/06/higino-franciscos-residence.html

Location: 525 Magdalena, Binondo, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: June 19, 1963

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

RESIDENCE OF HIGINO FRANCISCO

IN THIS HOUSE THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE WAS KEPT HIDDEN. THE REMAINS OF DR. RIZAL WERE ALSO KEPT HERE FOR A FEW DAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR EXHUMATION FROM THE PACO CEMETERY ON 17 AUGUST 1898. HIGINO FRANCISCO (B. JANUARY 11, 1847, D. DECEMBER 13, 1921) WAS A FRIEND AND ADMIRER OF RIZAL AND A FINANCIER OF FILIPINO PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES.

Jesuit Church of San Ignacio

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

JESUIT CHURCH OF SAN IGNACIO

DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT FELIX ROXAS. LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE FEBRUARY 9, 1878. CONSTRUCTION BY FRANCISCO RIERA, S.J. SOLEMN BLESSING JULY 25, 1889. WOOD CARVING BY ISABELO TAMPINGCO. MARBLE WORK BY FRANCISCO RODOREDA. BELLS AND METAL ORNAMENTAL BY HILARIO SUNICO.

Former Military Chapel

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

FORMER MILITARY CHAPEL

THIS ROOM OF THE CUARTEL DE LA LLINETA, THEN OCCUPIED BY THE 6TH SPANISH INFANTRY (LATER THE 73RD) WAS THE CHAPEL IN WHICH THE THREE PRIESTS,'THE REV. DR. JOSE APOLONIO BURGOS, THE REV. MARIANO GOMEZ AND THE REV. JACINTO ZAMORA WERE CONFINED BEFORE THEIR EXECUTION BY THE GARROTE ON FEBRUARY 17, 1872 FOR SUPPOSED IMPLICATION IN THE MILITARY REVOLT OF CAVITE, JANUARY 20, 1872.

Parian Gate

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Gate

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

PARIAN GATE

PROVIDED COMMUNICATION ALMOST FROM THE BEGINNING OF SPANISH TIMES BETWEEN THE WALLED CITY OF MANILA AND THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY CONFINED TO THE PARIAN, A WALLED VILLAGE BEYOND THE MOST OPPOSITE THIS GATE TOWARD THE PASIG RIVER. THIS GATE WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED IN 1782.

Jose P. Laurel Residence

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: 515 Shaw Boulevard cor. S. Laurel Street, Mandaluyong

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1965

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN THE YEAR 1957 AS A RESIDENCE FOR JOSE P. LAUREL, PRESIDENT OF THE SECOND PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC, WHO WAS BORN IN TANAUAN, BATANGAS ON MARCH 9, 1891, AND DIED IN MANDALUYONG, RIZAL, ON NOVEMBER 6, 1959, AFTER A LIFETIME OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY.